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Heidelberg increases digital share
Heidelberg Digital claims to have captured 12% of the high-speed monochrome digital print market with its Digimaster 9110 in the past year
Donaldson leaves Jarvis Porter
Jarvis Porter has parted company with chief executive Hugh Donaldson after posting an interim pre-tax loss of 1.6m
Blow for Karat as Antilope drops DI
Karat has suffered a blow after its first customer decided to ditch the press
Flooding hits Lunnons hard
Paper merchant Lunnons found its Lewes sales office under four feet of water following flooding in southern England
Harlequin buys MAXWorkFlow
Harlequin has bought the MAXWorkFlow product line from developer Harris Publishing Systems
NexPress ready to ship 2100 alpha
NexPress will ship its first alpha model of the 2100 in the next month
Nuffield MBO from owner 3i
Nuffield Press has been bought by a management team from its main institutional owner 3i and former managing director Richard Holmes
Research predicts healthy century for print
Research by the Rochester Institute of Technology suggests that the decline of print at the hands of the Internet and other media is greatly overstated
Boiler "explosion" closes Sdra mill
Sdra Cells Tofte kraft pulp mill has been forced to cease production because of a rupture in its recovery boiler
Barco MBO plans off
Barco has blamed the recent spate of profit warnings among graphic arts suppliers for scuppering the MBO plans at its Graphics division
ESP takes UK's first Lithrone 40P
ESP Colour has invested 1.7m in the UK's first eight-colour Komori Lithrone 40P perfecting press
Yendole takes over at Varnicoat
Polestar Purnell managing director David Yendole has taken over at sister plant Varnicoat
Optimism over St Ives dispute
St Ives is optimistic that a solution is in sight to the wage negotiations across its web division
Field talks on hold
Negotiations over the future of Field's Thatcham plant have been temporarily suspended
No Xmas cheer for print firms
Printers are taking on more work with Christmas approaching but uncertainty arising from a disappointing year is clouding their optimism